JavaScript! [removed] = someFunction and [removed] = someFunction()

Question

Is there a difference between:

1. window.onload = someFunction;

2. window.onload = someFunction();

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Answer 1

Yes. If you put window.onload = someFunction() it is expected that the result of someFunction() is another function. This could be used for wrapping a function, or passing parameters. For instance:

window.onload = myFunction(arg1, arg2)

myFunction(arg1, arg2) would be expected to return some function incorporating these two variables.